Varanasi panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 08:24 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:30
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:32 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:30
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:45 – 13:58
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:59 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:45 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 11:07 Pisces
- 11:07 – 12:45 Aries
- 12:45 – 14:42 Taurus
- 14:42 – 16:56 Gemini
- 16:56 – 19:14 Cancer
- 19:14 – 21:28 Leo
- 21:28 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:14 next day Scorpio
- 04:14 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 06:45 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method